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“A lot of headlines have said I think it should be stopped now — and I never said that,” he says. “First of all, I… Read More »Which really made Geoffrey Hinton an AI doomer

President Biden will welcome Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other top congressional leaders to the White House on Tuesday for a crucial round of discussions about… Read More »Biden meets Kevin McCarthy in debt ceiling talks

At the end of April, the European Parliament had drawn up a list of prohibited practices: social scoring, predictive policing, algorithms that randomly scour the… Read More »The global battle to regulate AI has only just begun | WIRED

Berkshire Hathaway reported a six-fold increase in its first-quarter earnings on Saturday, bolstered by huge paper gains on investments as the conglomerate led by Warren… Read More »Berkshire reports big profit jump

Mortgage costs usually cause yawns and glassy eyes. But when news began circulating last month that updated prices would cost some homebuyers more, it resulted… Read More »What new mortgage costs mean for buyers with good and bad credit

Claire Wardle, the co-founder of the Information Futures Lab at Brown University, said in an interview that tech companies must balance their desire to protect… Read More »Twitter criticized for allowing Texas recordings to spread

Weeks after revelations that migrant children are routinely exploited for cheap labor in the United States sparked bipartisan outcry and calls for action on Capitol… Read More »Debate on migrant child labor in Congress bogged down in immigration battle

The morning we went to the zoo, Mr. Evans stopped by Starbucks. He returned to find that the barista had written “Billy the Kid” on… Read More »Elizabeth Holmes talks about her Theranos trial and what comes next

Five hours is enough time to watch a Mets game. There will be plenty of time to listen to the Spice Girls’ album “Spice” (40… Read More »ChatFished: Losing Friends and Alienating People with AI

What is? (April 30 – May 6) The Fed keeps the pressure on In the wake of yet another bank failure and signs of an… Read More »The week in business: the 10th rate increase in a row

The job market is still defying gravity – for now. Employers added 253,000 jobs in April on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Labor Department reported… Read More »US employers added 253,000 jobs despite economic concerns

There is a new wrinkle in the ongoing battle between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Walt Disney Company. On Friday, Mr. DeSantis introduced a… Read More »DeSantis Signs Law Latest Wrinkle in Disney Feud

A California panel on Saturday approved recommendations that could mean hundreds of billions of dollars in payments to black residents to address past injustices. The… Read More »California panel calls for billions in reparations for black residents

Berkshire Hathaway reported a six-fold increase in its first-quarter earnings on Saturday, bolstered by huge paper gains on investments as the conglomerate led by Warren… Read More »Berkshire reports big profit jump

Newton N. Minow, who, as President John F. Kennedy’s new FCC chairman in 1961, sent shockwaves through an industry and struck a chord in a… Read More »Newton N. Minow, FCC chief who viewed TV as a “vast wasteland,” dies at 97